he end of the
first year (second semester) do not fail. Although the failing
non-graduates outnumber the non-failing ones when all the pupils who
finally drop out are considered, their percentage of the majority
increases rapidly for each successive semester continued in school.
That the non-failing non-graduates are in general not the ones who
persist long in school is shown by these percentages.

2. THE NUMBER OF FAILURES AND THE YEARS TO GRADUATE

The following table shows how the number of failures are related to the
time period required for graduation. The distribution in Table VIII
shows a range from 1 to 25 failures per pupil, and a time period for
graduation ranging from 3 to 6 years. It is evident from this
distribution that the increase of time period for graduating is not
commensurate with the number of failures for the individual. By far the
largest number graduate in four years in spite of their numerous
failures. Nearly 70 per cent of the failing graduates require four
years or less for graduation. The number who finish in three years is
greater than the number who require either five and one-half or six
years. The median number of failures per pupil is 4. The pupils with
fewer than 4 failures who take more than four years to graduate are not
representative of any particular school in this composite, nor are
those having 10 or more failures who take less than 5 years to
graduate.

TABLE VIII

DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS GRADUATING, ACCORDING TO THE TOTAL FAILURES EACH
AND THE TIME TAKEN TO GRADUATE

NO. OF YEARS TO GRADUATE
FAILURES 3 31/2 4 41/2 5 51/2 6 TOTALS

0 Boys 20 23 244 12 8 .. .. 307
Girls 54 26 380 30 14 .. .. 504

1 Boys 2 10 59 7 2 .. .. 80
Girls 5 8 83 13 5 .. .. 114

2 Boys 2 2 64 7 7 0 .. 82
Girls 2 3 88 11 8 1 .. 113

3 Boys 0 6 27 5 4 .. .. 42
Girls 1 1 53 6 3 .. .. 64

4 Boys 1 1 44 0 8 1 .. 55
Girls 4 6 57 8 4 1 .. 80

5 Boys 0 1 41 2 3 .. ..